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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday. May 12.1989 stateside shape up order Given to . Security guards United nations a . Security guards have been ordered to quit slouching get their hands out of their pockets and spit out their gum As part of a Campaign to boost their image. A memorandum from Anthony o Connell chief of the . Security and safety service reminds his officers that they work under the eyes of diplomats and countless tourists. His admonitions include no smoking or chewing gum in uniform. Carrying bags packages or other item while in uniform does not create a Good image and is not permitted. No leaning against Walls or door jambs. Refrain from having hands in pockets or thumbs hooked in belts. Regarding saluting there is an unacceptable Lack of uniformity in this  o Connell wrote. Members of the service at the rank of inspector and above will be  boy sued for expenses by stood up prom Date West Palm Beach Fla. A a 15 year old girl is suing the boy who was supposed to take her to the High school pram contending he owes her about $50 for the shoes Flowers and Hairdo she never got to Wear. Tomon Lra Mangrum said everything was set for the april 7 formal but her Date stood her up. I talked to him on april 2, and he said he already had his Tux and the tickets said the freshman at Bercan Christian school. I was very upset when he did t show  she did t believe me when i told her 1 Frac tured my ankle said Marlon Shadd a student at Palm Beach lakes High school. Shadd also said he had to go out of town that night. Both students appeared wednesday at the Palm Beach county courthouse after Man Grum s Mother filed a court claim demanding that Shadd pay $49.53 the Cost of the shoes Flowers and the Hairdo. The $280 dress was re turned to the store. Filing the claim Cost $31.75. The trial is set for july. Soviet fishing vessel seized within . Limit Juneau Alaska a the coast guard seized a soviet fishing vessel caught with its nets in the water inside the . 200-mile fishery limit authorities say. A coast guard Cutter patrolling near an inter National fishing zone in the Bering sea known As the doughnut Hole stopped the trawler no voc Tnya on tuesday. A boarding party found 940 metric tons of Pollock on the ship chief Petty officer edmo rely a coast guard spokesman said wednes Day. The vessel was cited for fishing inside the . Zone without a permit Morch said. The coast guard said the novo Conya was four Miles inside the  ship was accompanied by two other soviet trawlers which retreated into International Waters. Morth said. The vessel was to be taken to Kodiak for court proceedings. Airline awarded contract to transport Navy parts Philadelphia up Pilot air freight has been awarded a contract to transport repair parts for the Navy s advanced tracking and control program company executives announced tuesday. The terms of the contract were not released. Dick Morris vice president of sales and marketing for Pilot said the air freight company will ship everything from ship gun turrets to elec tronic air plane components. Morris said Pilot expects to transport More than 14 million pounds of Navy materials a year. The contract Calls for the shipment of repairable parts from the Navy to private vendors. Then the firm will transport the repaired parts Back to the Navy officials said. The designer of the lying car Paul Miller hovers in front of onlookers during the demonstration at Davis Calif. Pilot says his Saucer s popularity of flying Cor will take off rapidly Davis Calif. A an Engineer inspired by the flight of hummingbirds hovered 40 feet High wednes Day in a Saucer like Craft he said will revolutionize commuter travel. Paul Hollcr said his Brief noisy flight Over a crowd of wind buffeted reporters was to demonstrate the technology his company is developing to build a flying car for the 21st Century. At some Point in time it will be used for that Hollcr said. Sou know the automobile is still Good for that Short distance but Here to san Francisco Here to Reno Here to la you re going to see something like this will be in common usage. It s going to Lake off rapidly once the credibility is  Hollcr a former professor and a founder of the aeronautics program at the University of California at Davis has spent nearly 30 years developing what s known in the Field As a vertical Takeoff and Landing or vol aircraft. His company Hollcr International in a Davis re search Park about 80 Miles Northeast of san Francisco is working on robotic aircraft for reconnaissance use by the military As Well As commuter vehicles. Hollcr 51, Calls his machines Vola tors referring to Quick nimble flight like that of the hummingbirds that have awed him since he was 6. The 10-foot-Widc, round Blue Craft he flew wednes Day Hung in the air for about three minutes and made a slow spin before Landing in virtually the same spot where it took off. But its visual Grace was accompanied with the deaf ening Roar of eight in muffled snowmobile engines and a vortex of wind that pushed it off the ground slashed the grass below and tumbled camera bags and the con tents of a purse across the Lawn Hollcr wore a firc retardant racing suit and a motor Cycle helmet. His machine was tethered by a thin Cable to a construction Crane for insurance and safety Rea sons. But once unleashed he said it would go As High As i m willing to let it  while the m200x looks like a vehicle for George jct son of cartoon Fame another Model that Hollcr said his company will produce and begin testing this year looks As though it would be fit for James Bond. Sleek and Bubble topped it looks like a Cross Between a Jet fighter and the Bat Mobile. Hollcr said his m400 will be Able to carry four Pas sengers at speeds up to 403 Mph As High As 31,000 feet and As far As 850 Miles before refuelling on Low octane gasoline. At a cruising Speed of 220 Mph he said its fuel efficiency would be about 15 Miles per gallon. Like the Saucer Craft the m400 will be powered by eight gasoline rotary engines built with technology acquired from a company that used them in snowmobiles. Mollar said he chose rotary engines for i hair Power Light weight and relatively Low Cost. The engines Power fans that drive air Down for take off and hovering then vanes and ducts redirect thrust for horizontal night. Computers and gyroscopes control the vehicles pitch and Roll. Hollcr said the m400 could be ready for Sale to the Public within five to 10 years. He estimated the Price for initial hand built models would be about the Sames a helicopter or air plane then would drop to $20,000 or $30,000 once they Are mass produced. Jack Allison the company s marketing director said on Board computers could navigate the crafts using satellites to determine their location and avoid Colli Sions. Eventually Well have electronic highways in the sky created so that this Type of vehicle can carry com Muters in substantial numbers and do so without any danger whatsoever to commercial aviation and other general aviation Allison said  
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